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rough purple false foxglove

Agalinis aspera

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 6, February 6, March 9, April 18, May 34, June 16, July 12, August 11, September 11, October 9, November 6, December 5.
United States629
Canada202
Ontario142
Minnesota111
Wisconsin108
Kansas90
Nebraska60
Manitoba60
Michigan59
Missouri51

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

  • Forb or herb growth formListed by a harvested source as having a forb or herbaceous growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Annual plantListed by a harvested source as having an annual life duration.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • ParasiteDescends from a lineage whose members commonly live parasitically on another organism.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderMints, Plantains, Olives, and Allies · Lamiales
Familybroomrape family · Orobanchaceae
Genusfalse foxgloves · Agalinis

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise rough purple false foxglove with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.